With Love to Muhammad (sa) - The Khatam-un-Nabiyyin — Page 271
Continuation of Prophethood according to the Holy Qur’ ā n 271 Ahmad[ rh ]. ” 267 After this, he describes it in his own words and fails to provide a proper quotation containing the argument. As a result, his rebuttal of the Ahmadiyya Muslim argument can be refuted here sufficiently by presenting the original quotation from the book: Hence, the concept (of the end of prophethood after the passing away of a prophet) – which, according to the Qur’ ā n, dates back to the time of Hazrat Yusuf as – is not new. It is not an innovation in the Muslim ummah. People may say this [principle] may apply till the time of the Holy Prophet sa. After him, it is as if a new law was passed. The Holy Qur’ ā n, however, leaves no room for [such] doubt or misgivings. Hence, there is no question of one trying to defeat the Qur’ ā n with tricks of his mind. As a result, the same subject is discussed in another verse and it is a verse of S ū rah Al-Jinn, in which All ā h, the Exalted, says: ﺳَﻔِهيُْﻨَﺎ ُ ﻳَﻘُﻮْل َ اكَن ٗ اَﻧَّﻪ َّ و ۙ ﺷَﻄَﻄًﺎ ِّٰ اهلل َ ﻋَىل 268 When the Jinn had made the pledge of allegiance to the Holy Prophet sa and were going back [home], they were saying to each other, “How foolish were our ancestors? They used to forge such big statements against All ā h, the Exalted, without any knowledge”. What were these statements? One such statement is as follows: 267 Khan, With Love , Page 56 268 ‘And it is true that the foolish amongst us used to utter extravagant lies concerning All ā h. – S ū rah Al-Jinn, 72:5